Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn made a impromptu visit to Burton to meet the town's constituency group and present a long service award to party and trade union stalwart councillor Paul Walker.

After spending the day, on Tuesday, July 24, in Birmingham to launch his party's new manufacturing and industry strategy, called "Build It In Britain," Mr Corbyn made his way to Burton just after 8pm.

The Labour leader, MP for Islington North, met members from the Burton and Uttoxeter Labour Party at the Burton Caribbean Centre, in Uxbridge Street.

Chairman of the Burton party, Paul Walker said: "It was a great honour to welcome Jeremy to Burton for this impromptu meeting with members of our executive committee.

Members of the Burton Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn

"We discussed a number of policies with Jeremy surrounding the impact that eight years of austerity has had on both Burton and Uttoxeter."

Among the topics of conversation were Labour's economic policy, the NHS and transport. They also discussed the crisis facing the town's Conservative MP, Andrew Griffiths, who sent 2,000 lewd text messages to two female constituents.

During his visit, Mr Corbyn also presented an award to Mr Walker to mark his 40 years of membership of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, which has an affiliation with the Labour Party.

William Walker, Paul Walker and Jeremy Corbyn

Mr Walker, who represents the Shobnall ward on East Staffordshire Borough Council, had initially been handed his award earlier in the day by the Labour MP for Derby North, Chris Williamson.

Today, Mr Corbyn made his way to Derby to tour transportation engineering factory, Bombardier, where he spoke about the importance of train-building in the UK.

He has been advocating that Government contracts should be awarded, where possible, to UK companies.